www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Franklin D. Roosevelthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/franklin-d-roosevelt/?utm_medium=RSS2015-03-12T16:57:06-04:00THOMAS DIBACCO: A presidential library for Obama's fairy tales2015-03-12T16:57:06-04:00Thomas V. DiBaccohttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/12/thomas-dibacco-a-presidential-library-for-obamas-f/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Sometime this month, the Barack Obama Foundation will likely announce the specific site of the president's library. It's expected to be in Chicago, but that's not the big news. Rather, the 14th presidential library, like the 44th occupant of the White House, will probably be the most controversial because it ...THOMAS DIBACCO: Obama's naivete over Iran trumps reality 2015-02-22T18:41:03-05:00Thomas V. DiBaccohttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/22/thomas-dibacco-obamas-naivete-over-iran-trumps-rea/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>It's ironic that President Obama's hope for a political framework agreement on nuclear issues with Iran by March 31 coincides with the diplomatic hope of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 70 years ago in a March 1 speech before Congress. That hope was to trust the Soviet Union at the recently ...Stage, screen actor Edward Herrmann dies at 712014-12-31T16:51:17-05:00Lynn Elberhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/stage-screen-actor-edward-herrmann-dies-at-71/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Edward Herrmann, the towering, melodious-voiced actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and charmed audiences as the stuffy dad on TV's "Gilmore Girls," died Wednesday. He was 71.</p> <p>Herrmann died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital of brain cancer, ...BRUCE FEIN: CIA competence questioned2014-12-18T20:40:50-05:00Bruce Feinhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/18/bruce-fein-cia-competence-questioned/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The CIA exhibited alarming incompetence in developing and implementing post-9/11 enhanced interrogation protocols of suspected al Qaeda detainees, according to the Senate Intelligence Committee report.</p> <p>It had no pre-existing plan for "enhanced interrogation techniques." Torture had been employed for centuries. It had not worked. Subjects would routinely dissemble to stop ...KIM HOLMES: Obama's amnesty bowls over restraints on executive power2014-11-24T16:04:07-05:00Kim R. Holmeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/24/kim-holmes-obamas-amnesty-bowls-over-restraints-on/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>ANALYSIS/OPINION:</strong></p> <p>Presidents in recent decades carefully tried not to overstep their executive authority in domestic policy. They may have pushed the envelope on national security and war-making powers, but they were reluctant to take any executive action perceived to be a blatant rewriting of a law or a unilateral political ...No man for old country: Obama rarely retreats to Camp David 2014-05-01T20:30:16-04:00Ben Wolfganghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/1/no-man-for-old-country-obama-rarely-retreats-to-ca/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>President Obama differs from his predecessor on more than just policy.</p> <p>Compared with President George W. Bush, Mr. Obama has rarely visited Camp David, the sprawling, secluded retreat in northern Maryland that has become a regular getaway spot for presidents over the past 70 years.</p> <p>Although Mr. Obama hasn't shunned ...DiBACCO: The tightwad taxpayer FDR2014-04-14T19:47:06-04:00Thomas V. DiBaccohttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/14/dibacco-the-tightwad-fdr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>If there's a moral for last-minute filers trying to nickel-and-dime the Internal Revenue Service, it is that it really helps to be president of the United States.</p> <p>Hard as it is to believe, the wealthy Franklin D. Roosevelt used the most outlandish argument to lower his tax bill when he ...Ceremony to be held at FDR's Little White House2014-04-02T04:16:08-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/2/ceremony-to-be-held-at-fdrs-little-white-house/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> WARM SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) - Georgia state parks officials say President Franklin D. Roosevelt will be honored in Georgia on the anniversary of his death.</p> <p> An annual ceremony is set for April 12 at Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site in Warm Springs. This year will mark ...Curls and dimples: Shirley Temple dies at 852014-02-11T18:01:59-05:00HILLEL ITALIEhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/11/shirley-temple-iconic-child-star-dies-at-85/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for "Annie" can only dream of being as beloved - or as important - as Shirley Temple.</p> <p> Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way ...EDITORIAL: Shirley Temple, a little girl to remember2014-02-11T19:52:05-05:00THE WASHINGTON TIMEShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/11/editorial-a-little-girl-to-remember/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Shirley Temple is hard to imagine today in Hollywood, or in Topeka or Cleveland, for that matter. She was the sweetheart of an innocent age and a hopeful place that deserved her more than ours, and it's difficult to recall the grip she had on the nation's heart in a ...ECU professor's book recalls all-black Navy band2014-02-09T11:01:24-05:00GINGER LIVINGSTONhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/9/ecu-professors-book-recalls-all-black-navy-band/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Being a hero is not always about staring down the barrel of a gun.</p> <p> A hero is someone who lives life with dignity and grace when circumstances encourage and expect anger and violence.</p> <p> An East Carolina University professor recently published a book profiling ...Stone State Park a reminder of CCC projects2014-01-11T13:26:39-05:00ZACHARY T. BUCHHEIThttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/11/stone-state-park-a-reminder-of-ccc-projects/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - The rustic lodge with its brick fireplace and large windows offering a view of the surrounding woods stands as a testament to tough times weathered by vision and hard work.</p> <p> The Sioux City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1arESoV ) building Stone Lodge, one of a ...BOOK REVIEW: 'American Betrayal'2013-06-19T07:28:06-04:00Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/19/book-review-american-betrayal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>AMERICAN BETRAYAL: THE SECRET ASSAULT ON OUR NATION'S CHARACTER<br />By Diana West<br />St. Martin's Press, $26.99, 403 pages</p> <p>Diana West's book, "American Betrayal," is bound to generate spirited debate with her assertion that the United States has been lurching toward socialism since the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As ...PHILLIPS: An opportunity to abolish the IRS2013-05-16T04:45:09-04:00Judson Phillips http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/16/an-opportunity-to-abolish-the-irs/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has targeted Tea Party and conservative groups has come as a huge shock to Republicans. "How could this happen," Republican lawmakers have wailed. Democrats, however, are only upset that Tea Party groups fought back and that the IRS' actions were exposed.</p> <p>For ...DIBACCO: Obama and FDR: A comparison2013-03-10T15:09:31-04:00Thomas V. DiBaccohttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/10/dibacco-obama-and-fdr-comparison/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>President Barack Obama is facing a political situation this year not unlike the one President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced in 1937. Both men had come off sterling re-election victories for their second term, both economies were still plagued with problems of unemployment and slow growth, and both administrations had seen ...BOOK REVIEW: 'The Hopkins Touch'2013-01-17T09:47:10-05:00Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/17/book-review-harry-hopkins-and-the-forging-of-the-a/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>HARRY HOPKINS AND THE FORGING OF THE ALLIANCE TO DEFEAT HITLER<br />By David L. Roll<br />Oxford University Press, $34.95, 507 pages</p> <p>Although he never held elective office, Harry Hopkins was arguably the most important figure in President Franklin Roosevelt's administration. As a federal relief administrator, he dispensed billions of dollars ...BOOK REVIEW: ‘Six Months in 1945’2012-10-30T09:52:05-04:00Seth Mandel - Special to The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/30/book-review-six-months-in-1945/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SIX MONTHS IN 1945: FDR, STALIN, CHURCHILL, AND TRUMAN -- FROM WORLD WAR TO COLD WAR<br />By Michael Dobbs<br />Knopf, $28.95, 448 pages</p> <p>By the time Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945, his grand vision of the world was rapidly slipping from his grasp. Once Nazi Germany was defeated, ...LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s missed opportunities2012-10-04T13:51:04-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/4/obamas-missed-opportunities/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>I think it is time for a change in presidential leadership. This is a tough decision for me this time around, as I voted for President Obama in 2008.</p> <p>I fail to see how Mr. Obama could miss opportunities in 2009 and 2010 to initiate major job-creation legislation when the ...BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shadowbosses’2012-09-19T10:33:06-04:00Grover G. Norquist - Special to The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/19/book-review-shadowbosses/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SHADOWBOSSES: GOVERNMENT UNIONS CONTROL AMERICA AND ROB TAXPAYERS BLIND<br />By Mallory Factor with Elizabeth Factor<br />Center Street, $24.99, 336 pages</p> <p>Mallory and Elizabeth Factor have written an important and powerful new book, "Shadowbosses," that explains the symbiotic relationship between the modern Democratic Party and today's labor unions. One is not ...